October 14, 1780Yadkin County (formed from old Surry county)North Carolina

The Battle of Shallow Ford took place west of the Yadkin River, about a mile from the Shallow Ford crossing. Around 350 Whig militiamen from North Carolina and Virginia, commanded by Maj. Joseph Cloyd, defeated a local band of Tories numbering between 400 and 900.

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